Bologna – Genoa

The teams will please the fans with a high-scoring match

Bologna suffered only their third defeat in the championship last round. "The Rossoblu lost to Udinese very unexpectedly with a crushing score. Roberto Pereira started it all on 23 minutes. In the second half, Lorenzo Lucca and Martin Pajero scored goals. Motta praised the opponent after the game and said that his team should simply forget this game. At the end of the game he was sent off for offside. After this result Friulians left the fourth line. At the moment, the team is in fifth place and has 31 points in its assets. It is important to note that before this Bologna won in four of the five rounds (one more time it shared the points). During this stretch, Tiago Motta's wards beat Atalanta, Roma, Salernitana and Torino. Genoa significantly improved results in recent rounds. "Gryphons" for three matches scored five points, with opponents and the top of the table. Gilardino's wards started this series with a draw with Juventus. Then Genoa defeated Sassuolo with the score 1:2 thanks to goals from Gudmundsson and Ekuban. In the last round the team met with the leader of the championship Inter. Surprisingly, Alberto Gilardino's wards managed to get back on track with a fairly even game and reduce the match to a draw. The goal was scored by Dregushin with an assist from the ubiquitous Gudmundsson. It is extremely important to note that Bologna is a home team. Seven of their eight wins have come at the Renato Dall'Ara. At the same time, such performance causes very logical discrepancies with many metrics. For example, in terms of xPTS (expected points), the Friulians have scored 7.5 points more at home than they should have. The team has conceded only four goals and are 5.21 goals short in xGA. The Genoese have an underdog of 1.82 goals in away matches. It should be noted that the team has scored in three of their last four away games. The head-to-head stats are also very revealing. The proposed bet has not played only in one of the five past matches of the rivals. At the same time on the field of Bologna the indicator is five out of five. "Rossoblu" are determined to rehabilitate for the painful defeat and will try to return to the top four. At the same time, the Gryphons are on a good run and can realise a couple of chances with the efforts of their leaders. The match could turn out to be very effective.